The Rheumatoid Hand
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The Rheumatoid Hand
DESCRIPTION A 70-year-old woman presents with chronic bilateral wrist and hand pain, difficulty with activities of daily living, and progressive deformities in her hands.
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The effect of orthotic devices in the modification of hand de formities in rheumatoid arthritis is essentially unknown. Immobil ization of acutely involved joints has long been known to provide symptomatic relief, and it was recently shown that immobilization also results in local improvement of joint involvement. (Fig . l ,2) Beyond this, however, little is known about the prevention of de ...
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The problem of ulnar drift in the rheumatoid hand has interested rheumatologists and hand surgeons for many years and almost as many theories as to cause have been postulated as there are structures in the vicinity of the joints concerned. To present yet another, without necessarily invalidating the rest, can be supported on the grounds that the metacarpophalangeal joints are extremely complica...
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Tenosynovitis is commonly found in the hand in rheumatoid disease and may lead to rupture of certain tendons. Brewerton (1957) and Savill (1969) have both commented on the high proportion of patients attending medical outpatients for the disease who show tendon involvement, putting the proportions at 65 and 50 per cent. respectively. Edstrom (1945) gave a lower figure of 42 per cent. Kellgren a...
متن کاملSurgery for the rheumatoid wrist and hand.
Surgery for rheumatoid arthritis of the hand and wrist has improved the lot ofmany with this condition over the past several years, and there is no doubt that surgery can make an enormous difference to the course of the disease. Pain, deformity, poor function, and cosmesis are all indications for surgery. There are, however, many patients who are denied access to surgery who would benefit from it.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Therapy
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0031-9023,1538-6724
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/44.8.734